Mining Magazine June 2017 | Page 93

AUSTRALIA mid-May . “ Our plan is to place around half a million tonnes of ore on the ROM pad so that when the processing plant is turned on in March 2018 it can go straight into full production . He adds that the processing plant will have a design life of at least 20 years , reflecting his confidence on the as yet unconfirmed future potential of the 520 square kilometre Mt Morgans project .
Rohan Williams is a man who likes to back his gut instincts as a geologist with firm evidence . When he first looked at the site , the paucity of diamond drill cores at site once shocked him and gladdened his heart . “ It was a great indicator to me
of how under-explored this project was . Westralia is a field that had produced over a million ounces of gold yet there was almost no diamond drilling completed at depth – without that the geologists could not really understand what controls the ore bodies .” Already Dacian has increased 20-fold the amount of hard evidence in terms of drill cores , he continues : “ Exploration is one of the things we do well . We put effort , dollars and geological science into understanding the mineralisation as well as humanly possible . Diamond drilling is the only way to do that .” With that in mind the company raised an additional $ 20 million in its last raising for its continuing

WESTRALIA IS A FIELD THAT HAD PRODUCED

OVER A MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD

YET THERE WAS ALMOST NO DIAMOND DRILLING

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